Literacy program bridges generations in Hurtsboro

Students were paired with mentors from the Hurtsboro Senior Citizen Center for the two-week literacy program.

Students were paired with mentors from the Hurtsboro Senior Citizen Center for the two-week literacy program.

A two-week summer program in Hurtsboro, designed to strengthen students’ reading and writing skills, also helped to bring generations in the rural Russell County town together.

Troy University’s Building Relationships in Diverse Generational Environments (BRIDGE) Literacy Project, funded through a grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, provided a variety of reading and writing activities,…

Read More

FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedIn